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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
denmanrooke@social.coop ("Denman Rooke") wrote:

Make imperfect art. Let that human hand shine through. This is true creative beauty.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
mytwobits01@freeradical.zone wrote:

The fretless bass is the most carefree fish in the ocean.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
inata@types.pl ("I'm sick of that dank blimp.") wrote:

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

As I said elsewhere, the current administration has made it clear they're making the US a place that is no longer a safe place for foreigners to visit, so why would other people want to come here

https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/foreign-tourism-us-forecast-trump-tariffs-trade-war-russia-ukraine-war/

Boosted by jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi"):
david_blue@threads.net ("David Blue") wrote:

I have a new site! Rather than have multiple domains (separate career, coaching, teaching, training, production), I put everything under one easy-to-find banner. Everything ya need, on the new official!

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Voice Of America (VOA) was created to fight authoritarianism during WW2, and now it has been shuttered by a wannabe authoritarian US President

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Me to a product leader: your product sucks compared to your competition, here's the side-by-side.

The competition: ~2MB of critical path JS (>6MB unzipped) with React and an effing rainbow table (380K, 770K unzipped) in the main bundle.

React + NPM have now dragged the average so low that you don't even have to be good to win!

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
wingo ("Andy Wingo") wrote:

i think it is very sweet and wholesome that there is a wired article about hash tables
https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/

jwz wrote:

If Patreon was software, I would never, ever upgrade it.

Every change they make is worse than the one before.
https://jwz.org/b/ykkt

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
WarnerCrocker ("Warner Crocker") wrote:

The concepts of “what's legal” and what's not are irrelevant until someone figures out a way to punch these criminals hard enough to make them cower.

It ain't gonna be the courts.

If it’s not evident by now, they don't give a damn about what the courts say.

Old rules don't matter.
#politics

Boosted by jwz:
simple_sabotage ("Simple Sabotage Field Manual") wrote:

The contents of this Manual should be carefully controlled and should not be allowed to come into unauthorized hands.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
existentialcomics ("Existential Comics") wrote:

Nietzsche Goes on Hot Ones

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/594

Boosted by jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi"):
tiffany.c.li@threads.net ("Tiffany C. Li") wrote:

I have a new op-ed in @sfchronicle today, on DOGE's privacy invasions and historical parallels that should concern us all: "From IBM and the Holocaust to Japanese incarceration, history shows danger of DOGE privacy invasions."

Link below 👇

jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein I get big into papercraft.
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2025/03/17.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

Attachments:

• video: 2a2754ed8d7f78d6.mp4

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

They put beagles out of work, that's how you know they're evil (well, that and the fascism)

https://www.wired.com/story/usda-food-supply-chains/

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Winter is still here.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/17/winter-isnt-over-yet/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

generating sample outputs from Argh Studio Storyteller to help folks see how to use it. here is page 1 of a 4-pager

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
grickle@mstdn.social ("Grickle") wrote:

Express your green. #grickledoodle #stpatricksday #green #hulk #muppets #yoda #kermit #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

The 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ first drive: 460 miles on a single charge
The Escalade embodies the American luxury car ideal, and now it's gone electric.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/the-2025-cadillac-escalade-iq-first-drive-460-miles-on-a-single-charge/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Surprising no one, @ahl and I are going to be talking Lip-Bu Tan's ascension at Intel today on @oxidecomputer and Friends. Join us, 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1351233673210630305

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nemo@mas.to ("nemo™ 🇺🇦") wrote:

Extended: I made a mistake in my original post. Signal has clarified they don't officially work with any government, including Ukraine. The situation is more nuanced: Ukrainian officials reported Signal stopped responding to their requests about Russian cyber threats, but this aligns with Signal's global policy of minimal data retention and non-cooperation with governments to protect user privacy. Signal's design makes it nearly impossible to provide most data requested by law enforcement. (1/2)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:

📌

Via Kyle Griffin:

A federal judge in Washington has ordered a 5 p.m. hearing on the #Trump admin's use of the Alien Enemies Act.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says the government should be prepared to answer questions about the timing of the deportation flights and changing of custody.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"The unitary executive theory is really just a way to cloak the morphing of a democratically elected president into a dictator with the appearance of legality. If presidents can do whatever they want, including putting people on a plane and sending them to prisons in a foreign country with no due process whatsoever, then really, who are we?"

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #courts #RuleofLaw #fascism #immigrants #migrants #deportations #UnitaryExecutive #SupremeCourt
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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-a7d

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ardenthistorian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Annika Brockschmidt") wrote:

Germany issues warning for transgender & nonbinary people traveling to the U.S.www.advocate.com/news/germany...

Germany issues warning for tra...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
petergleick@fediscience.org ("Peter Gleick") wrote:

Hmm. Seems contradictory...

"White House denies ignoring court order..." (CNN headline)
"I don't care what the judges think" quote from Trump border czar (Axios headline)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jef ("Jef Poskanzer :batman:") wrote:

Five years ago today, as the Bay Area began lockdowns, the first human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine started. Only 66 days after the first death. That unprecedented development speed was made possible by a new technology: mRNA.

Today: The NIH has advised grant applicants to not mention mRNA if they want to get funded. NIH is a division of HHS which is run by RFK Jr.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EuromaidanPress ("Euromaidan Press") wrote:

Spiegel: Ukrainians find way to jam Russia's guided bomb systems

Jamming of their satellite guidance systems causes Russian glide bombs to miss targets, requiring excessive munition usage.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/03/17/spiegel-ukrainians-find-way-to-jam-russias-guided-bomb-systems/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
weathermatrix@mastodon.world ("WeatherMatrix (Jesse Ferrell)") wrote:

A cat cries out while sitting before a destroyed cabin from a tornado at Paradise Ranch RV Resort in Tylertown, Miss., Sunday, March 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com ("Ethan Marcotte") wrote:

🦊

I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.

Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:

https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refresh-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/

#YDATUbook #books #bookstodon #blogging #labor #TechLabor #unions #TechUnions #1u

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
pedro@mastodon.pepicrft.me ("Pedro Piñera") wrote:

I gave a talk a year ago about building CLIs that people enjoy using. I tried to capture in it some of the learnings from working on @tuist
#CLIs #DevX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4pW-npJ3ws